{"id":50626,"date":"2014-09-08T13:45:04","date_gmt":"2014-09-08T12:45:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/silicondales.com\/?p=50626"},"modified":"2019-02-06T11:44:51","modified_gmt":"2019-02-06T11:44:51","slug":"justification-google-drive-docs-tutorial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/silicondales.com\/tutorials\/google-workspace\/justification-google-drive-docs-tutorial\/","title":{"rendered":"Justification in Google Drive \/ Docs Tutorial"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Are you looking to find out how to &#8220;justify&#8221; your text in Google Docs? The tutorial below will help you to achieve just that!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/silicondales.com\/google-workspace\/\">Get Google\u2019s Google Workspace for your Business Here \u2013 fully managed or 20% off.<\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_65 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-662ea2c5d4996\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"ez-toc-cssicon\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #0a0a0a;color:#0a0a0a\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #0a0a0a;color:#0a0a0a\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-662ea2c5d4996\"  aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/silicondales.com\/tutorials\/google-workspace\/justification-google-drive-docs-tutorial\/#What_is_Justified_Text\" title=\"What is Justified Text?\">What is Justified Text?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/silicondales.com\/tutorials\/google-workspace\/justification-google-drive-docs-tutorial\/#Justifying_Text_Using_Google_Docs\" title=\"Justifying Text Using Google\u00a0Docs\">Justifying Text Using Google\u00a0Docs<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-3' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/silicondales.com\/tutorials\/google-workspace\/justification-google-drive-docs-tutorial\/#To_Justify_All_Text_in_Google_Docs\" title=\"To Justify All Text in Google\u00a0Docs\">To Justify All Text in Google\u00a0Docs<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/silicondales.com\/tutorials\/google-workspace\/justification-google-drive-docs-tutorial\/#To_Justify_One_Paragraph_in_Google_Docs\" title=\"To Justify One Paragraph in Google\u00a0Docs\">To Justify One Paragraph in Google\u00a0Docs<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/silicondales.com\/tutorials\/google-workspace\/justification-google-drive-docs-tutorial\/#Wheres_the_Button\" title=\"Where&#8217;s the Button??\">Where&#8217;s the Button??<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/silicondales.com\/tutorials\/google-workspace\/justification-google-drive-docs-tutorial\/#Shortcuts_Hotkeys\" title=\"Shortcuts &amp; Hotkeys?\">Shortcuts &amp; Hotkeys?<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_is_Justified_Text\"><\/span>What is Justified Text?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Justification in this sense, means that every line is the same width. Justified blocks of text appear to have a straight line down the right-hand side as well as the left hand side. So, each line starts and finishes at precisely the same point.<\/p>\n<p>This is achieved in a couple of ways: by increasing the spaces between words, the spaces between letters, in order to achieve the style.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Justifying_Text_Using_Google_Docs\"><\/span>Justifying Text Using Google\u00a0Docs<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Google Docs in Google Drive,\u00a0(Google&#8217;s word processor, available to Google Apps users in the cloud, for free, or included in an Apps subscription) allows you to justify either your whole document, or a single paragraph or block of text.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/silicondales.com\/google-workspace\/\">Get Google\u2019s Google Workspace for your Business Here \u2013 fully managed or 20% off.<\/a><\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"To_Justify_All_Text_in_Google_Docs\"><\/span>To Justify All Text in Google\u00a0Docs<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>To achieve justified text, you will want to click the button which looks like 5 parallel lines and type your text.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"To_Justify_One_Paragraph_in_Google_Docs\"><\/span>To Justify One Paragraph in Google\u00a0Docs<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>To justify a paragraph or block of text, simply highlight the text you&#8217;d like to appear justified, then click that symbol.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Wheres_the_Button\"><\/span>Where&#8217;s the Button??<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>That symbol looks like this in Google docs\u00a0&#8211; just push the button!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/silicondales.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/google-drive-docs-justify.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-50627 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/silicondales.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/google-drive-docs-justify-300x119.jpg\" alt=\"google-drive-docs-justify\" width=\"300\" height=\"119\" srcset=\"https:\/\/silicondales.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/google-drive-docs-justify-300x119.jpg 300w, https:\/\/silicondales.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/google-drive-docs-justify-416x166.jpg 416w, https:\/\/silicondales.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/google-drive-docs-justify.jpg 427w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Shortcuts_Hotkeys\"><\/span>Shortcuts &amp; Hotkeys?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Is there an even faster way? Yes! The shortcut keys (on windows machines) are pressing the following at the same time:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Ctrl + Shift + J<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If you do this while a block of text is justified, it will justify only that text. If you do it with the cursor sitting flashing, all text you type afterwards shall be justified.<\/p>\n<p>You can find the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/silicondales.com\/tutorials\/g-suite\/keyboard-shortcuts-google-docs\/\">full list of keyboard shortcuts for Google Docs here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Leave a comment below if you have further questions.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/silicondales.com\/google-workspace\/\">Get Google\u2019s Google Workspace for your Business Here \u2013 fully managed or 20% off.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Are you looking to find out how to &#8220;justify&#8221; your text in Google Docs? The tutorial below will help you to achieve just that! Get Google\u2019s Google Workspace for your Business Here \u2013 fully managed or 20% off. What is Justified Text? Justification in this sense, means that every line is the same width. 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